From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 22:26:23 +0800
To: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
Subject: Re: Panel names released for Bernstein hrg on 12/8
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Fletcher and Nelson are two of the smartest, and on the whole more
moderate-liberal, judges on the 9th circuit.  This is a great panel for
Bernstein.

On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Greg Broiles wrote:

> 
> I just spoke with someone in the clerk's office at the Ninth Circuit - the
> composition of the panel of judges for next Monday's hearing in the
> Bernstein case has been released. The judges are Bright, Fletcher, and
> (Thomas) Nelson. I haven't been able to find information about Judge
> Bright, but found pages of (meager) ratings/discussion about Fletcher and
> Nelson at:
> 
> <http://www.appellate-counsellor.com/profiles/fletchb.htm>
> and
> <http://www.appellate-counsellor.com/profiles/nelsontg.htm>
> 
> I think that Judge Bright may be Myron H. Bright, a senior justice on the
> 8th Circuit, who sometimes sits on 9th circuit cases by designation.
> 
> 
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